How to Find Direction

The art of keeping the face of a building and placing all rooms with respect to the North is called orientation. The importance of the direction of a building is not only to save energy but also to have a better house design, which gives not only healthy and comfortable living but also health, wealth, land, property, success, and prosperity to the dwellers of home.

Why do You need to Check/Find Direction in Vastu?

In Vastu Shastra, the directions play the most crucial role. It is direction, which enables us to know that a Place is Vastu compliance or not. Without knowing the directions of a home, we cannot find out the faults as per Vastu principles in the premises. If every direction is perfectly used and maintained according to the rules of Vaastu, if we planed all Directions of the house carefully safeguards the resident according to Vastu, he will enjoy prosperity, richness, successful life. There is a particular impact of Vaastu on human existence, which is a fact and proved one. By knowing the certain principle of Vastu man lives and tastes the richness. It increases not only its life spread but additionally will enhance the health of dwellers.

There are many examples where buildings layout not planned according to required Vastu direction principles; They were succumbed or depreciated very fast than the houses having built with proper orientation studies.

How to check/Find the direction

People find it difficult even to identify the North, South, East, and West directions.

1. -How to Find Direction without using compass

East Direction: To get the direction, the easiest way is to Stand in the center of the plot and face the early-rising Sun, that is the East, i.e., you are viewing East Direction.
North direction: Raise your left arm to shoulder length; now, your left arm is pointing towards North direction.
South direction: Raise your right arm likewise; your right arm is now pointing towards the South.
West direction: Your back is where the West direction is.

2.- How to use a compass to Find Direction?

If you follow Vastu Shastra and want to apply Vastu principles on your home, house, office, or apartments, then You must use and know how to use the compass to get the Vastu direction of a place. There are ten directions - yes, it is. Every house has got the same Ten directions, but their effect differs, depending upon their usages and management.

In ancient times homes, houses, villages, towns, Nagar, cities are planned and developed by applying the principle of Vastu Shastra.

People in ancient times practice the use of Shanku Sthapna to find the North.

Now to find the direction, you can take the help of a magnetic Compass.

The compass can be a handheld one of approximately 2" or 3" dia. Now thoroughly study the compass, you will notice the following terms printed on a round scale that measured 360 Degrees.

Inside the Compass 'N' stands for North direction
NE - stands for North-East direction
E - for East direction
SE - for South-East direction
S - for South direction
SW - for South-west
W - for West direction
NW - for North-west direction

Eight lines are advancing through the center, and the angle within each two is accurately 45 Degrees.

How to Apply the Compass to Find North Direction?

Go into the center of the plot for which you want to know the direction. Cleaning up an area in the middle of the plot of about 6" to 6" spot and making sure that it is level. Make sure at the time of using a compass; there should not be any magnetic field in the center. Set the compass on the 6" to 6" spot. You will see that the needle/pointer at the center of the compass, one end of the needle, which is in red. The pointer vibrates and changes for a while before arising to pause in any single direction. Now gently rotate the compass so that the letter printed 'N' rests under the red pointed needle/pointer. You will see that the needle is precisely aligned on the North-South Axis, and the red marked endpoints to the Magnetic North. This is the true North of your plot.

Now, if the road is formed, check whether the sides of your plot align with the magnetic axis.

When you rotate the compass after the needle comes to rest and locate the magnetic North, as explained above, see whether the sides of your plot are in line with the axis. If not, rotate the compass gently so that the bisector of your plot lies in the letter 'N' the difference in degrees between the needle marked red and the letter "N' in the compass gives the deflection of the plot in degrees.
If the deflection is less than 10 Degrees, then you may continue as there was perfect alignment. If the deviation is more than 10 degrees, then finding the direction and zones as diagonal plots is more beneficial.

8 Precaution while using the compass

Flowing precaution must be taken at the time of using the compass:

1. Properly clean the glass of compass glass should be clear and visible.
2. You should not carry any iron or Steel items such as keys etc.
3. Make sure that there is no electric pole, telephone pole, rails, and other steel structures near you.
4. Make sure where you are using a compass is at the proper level.
5. Take reading in compass when the needle has come to a pause.
6. Always look along the needle and not across it.
7. When the compass is not in use, keep it closed with the cover.
8. Make sure that your compass and needle in it are appropriately functions.